Unfortunately I had to miss class this week because I had to get my hand sorted out (I broke a finger). I did however get some class notes from a classmate and am reflecting more about SAMR and TPACK.

 I have learned about these frameworks before and find them useful but refreshed my memory with the video below and this great article on Edutopia.


While I find them helpful I also think the amount of technology options out there can be overwhelming – there are so many tools that serve different purposes and at some point it probably becomes confusing and unhelpful for learners. On top of this the tools are frequently changing, or changing from free to paid subscriptions; the result of this is that teachers often invest a ton of energy into learning one tool only to have it no longer available. I can think of many examples of this: apps like Mentimeter were once free, SMART Boards were all the rage for a couple of years, and I learned recently that schools are even stepping back from Chromebooks which were once promising the revolutionize things.

I think what’s probably most important around technology is mindset: being okay with that technology transience and accepting that this part of the work is always in flux. Similarly, I hope to accept that sometimes technology (or my plan for it) will fail, and that’s okay. Over the years I hope to build up a toolkit that helps enhance learning for my students